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After Google started rolling out FLoC to some Chrome users as a replacement for third-party cookies, the technology has become rather controversial. Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, and Mozilla Firefox have confirmed they don’t have immediate plans to adopt FLoC. Google is positioning FLoC, or Federated Learning of Cohorts, as a new standard for the web. That’s an idea that privacy-focused companies such as Brave, Vivaldi, and DuckDuckGo have openly discussed their opposition to, calling FLoC “privacy-invasive” even when that is exactly what the tech is trying to avoid....

Microsoft Announced Two New Versions of Office, LTSC & Office 2021 The company has not shared any details of the features and changes that will come in Office 2021. However, there is news of Office LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) like it will have a dark mode, accessibility improvements, and other features like Dynamic Arrays and XLOOKUP in Excel. Microsoft is also planning to roll out Office 2021 for small businesses and personal users later this year....

The choice was obvious and fell on Android smartphones. Nowadays the scenario has evolved and there are already more Android smartphones than Windows 10 Mobile for sale in the Microsoft store. Over the years the tech giant Microsoft has narrowed its offer in terms of smartphones, a result of a lack of interest in its operating system. Without these offers, their partners have also abandoned their proposals for Windows 10 Mobile....

Microsoft collaborated with British charity Guide Dogs to develop smart handsets to aid visually impaired people to overwhelm their daily needs – the help will be provided by the transmission of sound near the surrounding area. The device is called 3D SoundScape. Microsoft designed a prototype headset that works on navigating the surroundings of visually impaired people. By all accounts, there is a change from the introductory model. whereby it utilized consistent clicking sounds, making it more “prescriptive”....

Mi Wireless Powerbank comes with 10000mAh capacity and along with the regular wired charging capabilities, offers a wireless charging solution too which is Qi certified. The wireless charging output is rated at 10W. If you choose to charge your phone through the conventional wired method, the Mi Wireless Powerbank can output up to 18W through the USB-A port. There’s also two-way fast charging which means using the USB-C port, you can even fast charge the power bank at 18W....

Even with his film debut in Hardball, a young Michael B. Jordan showed off his versatility. Like a lot of jobbing actors, Michael B. Jordan worked his way through small roles in movies and television before getting noticed. He took roles on shows like Burn Notice, Cold Case and played Vince Howard on football drama Friday Night Lights. It was his role in Josh Trank’s found footage superhero movie Chronicle that made Hollywood start to take notice....

It mainly seeks to achieve interaction with other operating systems, extending its presence on these platforms and conquering new users. The integration with Android has not been simple, but now with the arrival of Project Rome, everything seems to have changed. After announcing the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), its OneWindows philosophy for Windows 10, and further uniting its services and operating systems, the tech giant Microsoft now announces a Project Rome SDK that will link applications and services between Windows and Android, thus improving the experience and productivity of users of these operating systems....

Seadragon is designed to provide next-generation visual experiences, regardless of the size of the screen, size of the file or speed of your network. It’s already available on a number of platforms, including Microsoft Surface, and in Photosynth and Silverlight. Now we’re bringing that same graphical smoothness right to the iPhone in your pocket. Create your own content with the Deep Zoom Composer or PhotoZoom and view it on your phone....

Microsoft has today announced that it will be killing its fitness apps Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health Dashboard on May 31. The company had already discontinued its fitness tracking hardware Microsoft Band several years ago. The Verge reports that on May 31, the backend services as well as the apps will be removed on the iOS App Store as well as Google Play. Existing users will have up until then to export any data collected by the app with the actual cloud services being sunset in June....

After being available as a limited beta app, the new Xbox app for iOS is finally available on the App Store with the new “Remote Play” mode, which lets Xbox owners stream Xbox One games on the iPhone and iPad. The Xbox app for iOS has been completely redesigned, and it brings some important new features, including the long-awaited Remote Play mode. iPhone and iPad users who also own an Xbox One can now play Xbox games right on their iOS devices via streaming....

Meet The Cheaper Variant Of Pixel 3 With Never Seen Features At the time, when the tech giant Google presented its new Google Pixel 3 they also rumored the release of a cheap version of the new Pixel 3, of course, I am talking about the Pixel 3 Lite. However, now a leaked image appeared that simply comparing the size of Google Pixel 3 Lite with the tech giant Google’s well-known flagship smartphone, of course, Google Pixel 3, which is also the smallest model that was presented in the month of October 2019....

Social media impacts on your mental health. This is something that was previously only known by members of the human race who have used any social media platform, but now the platforms themselves are coming to understand it too! Amazing! We’ve already discussed Instagram’s supposed foray into our brain’s wellbeing by removing the ‘likes’ button in some countries, and now Pinterest is jumping on the bandwagon with something akin to a virtual pat on the back....

Microsoft has just made its DirectStorage application programming interface (API) available to all PC games developers. It’s a new storage API that hails from Microsoft’s DirectX graphics card technologies. Microsoft promises the newly available DirectStorage software development kit (SDK) “begins a new era of fast load times” by letting developers use the latest storage devices, namely NVMe SSDs. SEE: Windows 11: Latest updates bring a wave of new features It’s part of the picture required for Microsoft to realize its plan to push PC gaming performance closer to the Xbox....

Today, Microsoft’s Terry Myerson, Executive Vice President, Windows and Devices Group, announced details about the company’s upcoming plans for the next revision of Windows 10 (dubbed the Creators Update) and its approach to privacy. Privacy Improvements Coming to Windows 10 Creators Update The new version of Windows 10 will provide a refined experience, whether you are upgrading from a previous release of Windows or performing a new install. According to Myerson’s announcement, Microsoft is “making some changes by simplifying the privacy settings themselves and improving the way we present the privacy settings to you....

A quick glance at the notebook will tell you how closely Pine64 resembles the MacBook. The bezels, keyboard layout and also the side design profile seems to be heavily inspired by the MacBook. The Pine 64 is pretty light at 1.2Kg and is equally compact with a dimensional attribute of 352mm x 233mm x 18mm. On the storage front, the notebook offers 16GB of onboard eMMC 5.0 memory and comes with a 2GB LPDDR3 RAM memory....

For many years now we have seen LG (also known as LG Electronics Inc. which is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, South Korea) pushing the limits of technology on screens. Who does not remember the South Korean giant LG’s G Flex curved screen that appeared in 2013 and the furore created in the smartphone segment? The South Korean giant, of course, LG has now introduced a 65-inch 4K TV (Television) that can be rolled up like a high-tech sheet of paper....

Specifications wise, the new Note 3 flaunts a 5.5-inch Full HD display (~403ppi) and comes with a stunning metal unibody body design, something which is getting pretty mainstream among OEMs now. It runs on MediaTek’s Helio P10 Octa-Core processor along with 3GB of RAM and Mali-T860 GPU which company claims will offer 125% bump in performance over the previous generation. There’s also a fingerprint scanner housed under the home button up front....

Run by former Nokia and Fossil execs, and previously available in beta for Android devices only, Meta Watch officially launched its smartwatch platform today that interfaces with iOS—the first of its kind to utilize the low energy Bluetooth 4.0 technology. The watch works with an iOS app for customizing which notifications will pop up on its display. Notifications consist of the usual phone calls and messaging, but developers have access to an API that will allow them to send almost anything to the device....

In this guide, we will show you the real image of the ISP pinout and test point for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro (tulip). By using the ISP PinOUT, you can easily restore the stock ROM, bypass FRP lock, or reset user data on your device via UFi Box. In this guide, we will also guide you on how to reboot into 9008 EDL Mode. What is ISP PinOUT? ISP or In-system programming also known as in-circuit serial programming (ICSP) for hardware that has a cross-reference of pins or contacts....

The deal, valued at $68.7 billion, was announced last month by Microsoft. As part of the proposed deal, Microsoft would take in Activision’s 10,000 employees and gain control of the popular gaming franchises Call of Duty, Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Hearthstone. If approved, the $68.7 billion deal would become Microsoft’s largest acquisition to date. While both the FTC and Department of Justice both have authority in conducting antitrust enforcement, only the FTC will be involved in this merger review, Bloomberg reported....